鈥淭his is my ideal form of higher education. It鈥檚 experiential, engaged with the community, interdisciplinary, physical, and mental.鈥�听鈥�Joe Underhill,听Winona Daily News, September 15
The first-ever Augsburg College River Semester鈥攁 three-and-a-half month program in which a dozen students, as well as faculty members, will travel almost 2,000 miles of the 2,350-mile Mississippi River from St. Paul to New Orleans while studying the arts, humanities, and sciences鈥攄eparted from St. Paul鈥檚 Harriet Island on September 1.
As part of the kickoff, the River Semester class, created and led by Associate Professor of Political Science , was joined by a group of nearly 100 community members who paddled in canoes from St. Paul to South St. Paul. Many media outlets covered the launch, and Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton proclaimed September 1 鈥淎ugsburg College River Semester Day.鈥�
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